Arkansas Claims Queso is Its Birthright Without Even Considering Texas

The first thing I learned about Texas was this: BBQ is the point of pride for Texas food fare, but queso... Lord have mercy. Queso is the reason I have a beer after work. It's the reason I know where every taqueria is in Temple, Killeen, Belton and the rest of Central Texas. Like the breakfast taco, queso has one true home in the United States and that home is Texas.

By the way, queso in Arkansas is called "cheese dip". So even by name this cheese monstrosity isn't considered queso!

There is only one hashtag for #ArkansasQueso and the poster said this is the close they could get (bet they're from Texas).

This is what Texas queso is all about.

Arkansas even has a World Cheese Dip Championship and guess what? They don't invite anyone outside of their state, according to Robb Walsh, a Tex-Mex writer/expert. They competition even misnamed chile con queso for Pete's sake! Not to mention many say the origin of queso are tied to northern Mexico.

Here's what I'll say.

Arkansas you can have your cheese dip. We'll just sit here and enjoy our queso.